karvas kalkki

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑrʋɑs kɑlkːi/, [ˈkɑrʋɑs̠ kɑlkːi]

Noun

karvas kalkki

  1. bitter pill (something unpleasant that must be accepted or endured; in Finnish, it is swallowed or drank in idioms)

Usage notes

Is usually preceded with a word in genitive, such as tappion karvas kalkki ("the bitter pill of defeat").

Declension
Declension of karvas kalkki (type nuoripari)
singular plural
nominative karvas kalkki karvaat kalkit
genitive karvaan kalkin karvaiden kalkkien
karvaitten kalkkien
partitive karvasta kalkkia karvaita kalkkeja
accusative karvas kalkki
karvaan kalkin		 karvaat kalkit
inessive karvaassa kalkissa karvaissa kalkeissa
elative karvaasta kalkista karvaista kalkeista
illative karvaaseen kalkkiin karvaisiin kalkkeihin
adessive karvaalla kalkilla karvailla kalkeilla
ablative karvaalta kalkilta karvailta kalkeilta
allative karvaalle kalkille karvaille kalkeille
essive karvaana kalkkina karvaina kalkkeina
translative karvaaksi kalkiksi karvaiksi kalkeiksi
instructive – karvain kalkein
abessive karvaatta kalkitta karvaitta kalkeitta
comitative – karvaine kalkkeineen
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